A Problem that is probably rather simple, but I still fail to do this

I want to match an even amount of backslashes (0,2,4,6,8,etc. but not 1,3,5,etc.) in front of a single quote ' only.
So
\' or \\\' wouldn't be matched
but \\' or \\\\\\' would

what I tried is
(.([^\\]{2})*)'
but that doesn't even remotely work

(?<=\\)(\\\\)+\x27

worked for me vs your input

\' or \\\' wouldn't be matched
but \\' or \\\\\\' would

got 2 matches

Match	$1
\\'	\\
\\\\'	\\

That doesn't work because it's not supposed to match it at all, if it's not an even amount (with yours, if it isn't it just matches one backslash less)

but thanks anyway

we're obviously swimming in different logical pools, man, like my boss says ;=)

my regex does not match on an odd number of backslashes in the input u sent, test it. Negative look-behind takes care of that. Or u have another input layout in mind?

u can test it really quick in

http://regexlib.com/RETester.aspx

hey, it was my bad: i meant to send u this one: used positive look-behind instead of negative.

(?<!\\)(\\\\)+\x27

meaning : *match on an even # of backslashes NOT preceded by a backslash*

so apparently my pool was different ;=)

 

yes, that one works, thanks a bunch!